682 Lxxxiii. ASCLEPIADE.E. [Secamoiie 



No. 5944. A lactescent shrub, climbing high and widely, with 

 yellowish flowers. In the primitive forests of Qnilombo Quiacatubia ; 

 fl. Feb. 1855. No. 5945- A climbing, sparingly lactescent shrub ; 

 leaves evergreen, softly coriaceous, glossy, pallid beneath, pinnately 

 striate ; flowers rather fleshy, yellowish, but little fragrant ; calyx 

 green, with imbricate very obtuse segments ; corolla white-yellowish 

 outside, yellow inside ; stamens inserted at the bottom of the corolla ; 

 anthers bearded at the apex ; stigma clavate-capitate, whitish, ex- 

 ceeding the anthers ; hypogynous scales erect, lanceolate-linear, a 

 little shorter than the row of anthers. By thickets in Sobato de 

 Mussengue ; fl. middle of Feb. 185G. No. 6946. 



Ambaca. — A tall climbing lactescent shrub, with coriaceous glossy 

 leaves. In bushy wooded places by streams between Izanga and 

 N-gombe ; without either fl. or fr. Oct. 1856. Apparently this species. 

 No. 5948. 



PuNGO Andongo.— No notes. Fl. No. 5947. 



The next following No. should be compared with this species : — 



PuNGO Andongo. — A slender, widely climbing shrub, lactescent, 

 with whitish flower-buds. In bushy places at the outskirts of the 

 primitive forest in the prsesidium, apparently sporadic : only once 

 seen though subsequently searched for ; fl.-bud Feb. 1857. No. 1237- 



7. XYSMALOBIUM R. Br.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 752. 



1. X. angolense Elliot in Journ. Bot. xxviii. p. 365 (1890). 

 HuiLLA. — A herb ; rootstock tuberous ; stems numerous, 1 to 2 ft. 



high, erect, very loosely filled with a spongy pith , pubescent ; leaves 

 numerous, pubescent ; calyx very pale yellow ; corolla-lobes sordid- 

 violet coloured outside, whitish and bearded inside ; corona of the 

 stamens and the stigma violet-coloured. In swampy places along 

 streams near Huilla, plentiful, fl. "20 Nov. 1859 ; in damp meadows 

 near Humpata, fr. April 1860. No. 4170. In the damp pastures of 

 Catumba towards Ohai ; fl. Feb. 1860. No. 4171. 



2. X. decipiens N. E. Br. in Kew Bull. 1895, p. 250. 

 jr. Holubii Elliot, I.e., pro parte. 



Huilla. — Flowers whitish-lilac. In hilly bushy and grassy places 

 near LopoUo, rather rare ; fl. Dec. 1859. No. 4175. 



3. X. fritillarioides Rendle in Journ. Bot. xxxii. p. 162 (1894). 

 Huilla. — -A hei-b ; rootstock woody, perennial : stem slender, 1 J ft. 



high ; leaves opposite, linear, herbaceous green ; flowers green- 

 yellowish, comparatively large, almost resembling those of a Fritillaria. 

 In thickets between Mumpulla and Humpata, apparently very rare ; 

 fl. Oct. 1859. No. 4179. 



4. X. rhomboideum N. E. Br., I.e., p. 251. 



Huilla. — Flowers sordid, coloured white-violet. In sandy pastures 

 amongst low bushes, near Ferrao da Sola ; fl. Jan. 1860. No. 4193. 



5. X. andongense Hiern, sp. n. 



An erect, robust herb ; stem about li ft. high or more, 

 apparently simple, pubescent somewhat sinuous and compressed 

 above, puberuloiis and terete below, leafy throughout, often 

 transversely lined at the nodes ; leaves opposite, oval or oblong, 



